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      <title><![CDATA[Ađalfundur Háskólaseturs]]></title>
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      	<![CDATA[A&eth;alfundur H&aacute;sk&oacute;laseturs Vestfjar&eth;a ver&eth;ur haldinn f&ouml;studaginn 17. ma&iacute; n&aelig;stkomandi kl. 13.00 &iacute; H&aacute;sk&oacute;lasetrinu. Fundurinn er opinn almenningi og eru vinir og velunnarar H&aacute;sk&oacute;lasetrusins hvattir til a&eth; s&aelig;kja fundinn.<br /><br /><strong>Dagskr&aacute; </strong>
<p><br />13:00-14:30	A&eth;alfundur <br />	<br />1. Sk&yacute;rsla stj&oacute;rnar <br />	2. Afgrei&eth;sla reikninga<br />	3. Fj&aacute;rhags&aacute;&aelig;tlun 2013<br />	4. Kosning stj&oacute;rnarmanna<br />	4. Kj&ouml;r sko&eth;unarmanna e&eth;a endursko&eth;enda<br />	5. &Aacute;kv&ouml;r&eth;un um &thorn;&oacute;knun til stj&oacute;rnar<br />	6. &Ouml;nnur m&aacute;l</p>
<p><br />14:30	Kaffi "og me&eth; &thorn;v&iacute;" </p>
<p><br />Fundurinn fer fram &iacute; H&aacute;sk&oacute;lasetri Vestfjar&eth;a, Su&eth;urg&ouml;tu 12, &Iacute;safir&eth;i. </p>]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 16:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Annual General Meeting]]></title>
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      	<![CDATA[It is during the month of May that the Annual General Meeting takes place at the University Centre Westfjords. The AGM this year falls on 17th of May, and discussion points include events over the past year, both financially and internally. The AGM will start at 1 pm at the University Centre.&nbsp;For a detailed agenda of the meeting, please visit our <a href="http://www.uwestfjords.is/tilkynningar/Adalfundur_Haskolaseturs/" target="_blank">Icelandic site</a>.]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 16:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gestafyrirlestur um skipulagsmál]]></title>
      <link>http://www.hsvest.is/tilkynningar/Gestafyrirlestur_um_skipulagsmal</link>
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      	<![CDATA[Dirk Werle fr&aacute; umhverfisranns&oacute;knarstofnuninni Aerde Environmental Resarch &iacute; Halifax, Nova Scotia heldur gestafyrirlestur &iacute; n&aacute;mskei&eth;inu Principles of Planning mi&eth;vikudaginn 8. ma&iacute; kl. 13:-15:00. Fyrirlestur Dirk Werle ber titilinn &bdquo;Planning tools to support coastal hazard response and management - Using Earth observation satellites for hurricane damage assessment in the Caribbean coastal zone: Regional, national and local scales." En h&eacute;r er um a&eth; r&aelig;&eth;a verkefni sem er &aacute; vegum stofnananna NASA, CSA og CDEMA.<br /> <br />Fyrirlesturinn fer fram &iacute; stofu 1-2 &iacute; H&aacute;sk&oacute;lasetrinu er opinn &ouml;llum &aacute;hugas&ouml;mum. <br />]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 16:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Guest Lecturer on Planning Tools]]></title>
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      	<![CDATA[<p>Mr. Dirk Werle from Aerde Environmental Research, Halifax, Nova Scotia is joining the course Principles of Planning this week as a guest lecturer. Mr. Dirk Werle will speak on: Planning tools to support coastal hazard response and management - Using Earth observation satellites for hurricane damage assessment in the Caribbean coastal zone: Regional, national and local scales.<br /><br />His talk will be on Wednesday, May 8, from 13:00-15:00 in Room 1-2 at the University Centre. The talk is open to the public.</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 16:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Háskólagátt promoted in Isafjordur]]></title>
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      	<![CDATA[On Wednesday May 8, Mar&iacute;a Einarsd&oacute;ttir from Bifrost University will come to Isafjordur and promote H&aacute;sk&oacute;lag&aacute;tt, which could be translated as University Gateway. The introduction will be held in the Fr&aelig;&eth;slumi&eth;st&ouml;&eth; Vestfjar&eth;a, Westfjords Center for Life Long Learning, between 12:00 and 15:00.<br /><br />H&aacute;sk&oacute;lag&aacute;tt is intended for those who do not meet the entry requirements for university level and for students who want to strengthen their position before applying for university.<br /><br />Assuming that students are full-time students, H&aacute;sk&oacute;lag&aacute;tt takes one year and the registration fee for the year is 89,000 kr.<br />]]>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 15:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[SIT field school students offered homestays]]></title>
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      	<![CDATA[Like previous years, the University Centre expects a field school group on behalf of the School for International Training (SIT) in Vermont, USA this summer.  These undergraduate students do  an almost semester-long programme <a href=" http://www.sit.edu/studyabroad/sss_ice.cfm" target="_blank">Renewable Energy, Technology, and Resource Economics</a>  in Iceland and the programme mainly is carried out  in the Reykjavik area and in the Westfjord region. <br /><br />The group will stay in the Westfjords from June 16 to July 7 and consists of roughly twenty students. Caitlin Wilson doctoral student in environmental sciences at the Univeristy of Iceland is the programme  AD, a position she has held for the past years. This year she will have two assistants, Alex Elliott, a British former University Centre student and Astrid Fehling who is German and has also studied here at the Centre.  We are certainly pleased to have them on board this summer. <br /><br />In addition to lectures in energy sciences and field trips, the SIT students get to study Icelandic language and culture, both in class as well as by going on short tours. Language study is an important part of all SIT study abroad programmes and to give students an opportunity to practice the language as well as insights in family life, they  are offered two-week long homestays with families in the Isafjordur area. This experience is normally highly appreciated by students as well as host families, which this story from 2012 shows: <a href="http://www.uwestfjords.is/news/Hosting_a_foreign_student_a_rewarding_experience/" target="_blank"> 'Hosting a foreign student a rewarding experience'</a><br /><br />Lately the Centre has advertised for hosts and followingly an informational meeting was arranged last week. Many interested families showed up and seemed very curious to welcome a student to their home in a few weeks&lsquo; time. We are looking forward to the arrival of the 2013 SIT group!<br />]]>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 12:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[SIT nemendur í heimagistingu í sumar]]></title>
      <link>http://www.hsvest.is/frettir/SIT_nemendur_i_heimagistingu_i_sumar</link>
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      	<![CDATA[&Iacute; sumar &aacute; H&aacute;sk&oacute;lasetri&eth; sem fyrr von &aacute; vettvangssk&oacute;la&nbsp;&aacute; vegum School for International Training (SIT) &iacute; Vermont-fylki &iacute; Bandar&iacute;kjunum.  Um er a&eth; r&aelig;&eth;a nemendur sem eru &iacute; grunnn&aacute;mi &aacute; h&aacute;sk&oacute;lastigi og koma &thorn;eir landsins til a&eth; sitja h&eacute;r <a href="http://www.sit.edu/studyabroad/sss_ice.cfm" target="_blank">n&aacute;ms&aacute;fanga um endurn&yacute;janlega orkugjafa</a> sem stendur yfir &iacute; um sj&ouml; vikur og fer fram a&eth;allega &aacute; nor&eth;anver&eth;um Vestfj&ouml;r&eth;um og &iacute; Reykjav&iacute;k. <br /><br />&Uacute;tlit er fyrir a&eth; &iacute; &thorn;essum h&oacute;pi ver&eth;i r&uacute;mlega 20 nemendur og munu &thorn;eir dvelja h&eacute;r &iacute; &thorn;rj&aacute;r vikur  fr&aacute; 16.j&uacute;n&iacute;.   Caitlin Wilson doktorsnemi &iacute; umhverfisfr&aelig;&eth;um vi&eth; H&Iacute; er fagstj&oacute;ri vettvangssk&oacute;lans og hefur h&uacute;n sinnt &thorn;v&iacute; hlutverki  undanfarin &aacute;r. Henni til halds og trausts ver&eth;a Alex Elliott og Astrid Fehling sem b&aelig;&eth;i eru fyrrverandi nemendur &iacute; haf- og strandsv&aelig;&eth;astj&oacute;rnun h&eacute;r vi&eth; H&aacute;sk&oacute;lasetri&eth; og er H&aacute;sk&oacute;lasetri&eth; a&eth; sj&aacute;lfs&ouml;g&eth;u mj&ouml;g &aacute;n&aelig;gt a&eth; hafa &thorn;au me&eth;.<br /><br />Auk &thorn;essa a&eth; hl&yacute;&eth;a &aacute; fyrirlestra um orkum&aacute;l, fara &iacute; vettvangsfer&eth;ir tengdar &thorn;essum fr&aelig;&eth;um og vinna verkefni f&aacute; nemendurnir kennslu &iacute; &iacute;slensku og kynnast menningu og s&ouml;gu sv&aelig;&eth;isins &iacute; gegnum fyrirlestra og sko&eth;unarfer&eth;ir. Til &thorn;ess a&eth; &thorn;eir f&aacute;i t&aelig;kif&aelig;ri til a&eth; &aelig;fa sig &iacute; tungum&aacute;linu og um lei&eth; kynnast &iacute;slensku fj&ouml;lskyldul&iacute;fi er &thorn;eim bo&eth;i&eth; a&eth; gista &iacute; heimah&uacute;sum fyrstu tv&aelig;r vikurnar. Heimagisting er mikilv&aelig;gur &thorn;&aacute;ttur &iacute; &ouml;llum n&aacute;mslei&eth;um &aacute; vegum SIT og yfirleitt s&aacute; hluti af dv&ouml;linni sem nemendum finnst standa upp &uacute;r. <br /><br />Undanfarnar vikur hefur &thorn;v&iacute; veri&eth; augl&yacute;st eftir gestgj&ouml;fum til a&eth; taka &thorn;&aacute;tt og &iacute; vikunni sem lei&eth; var haldinn kynningarfundur sem var vel s&oacute;ttur. Margar fj&ouml;lskyldur hafa gefi&eth; kost &aacute; s&eacute;r og ekki er anna&eth; a&eth; sj&aacute; en a&eth; f&oacute;lk s&eacute; spennt yfir &thorn;v&iacute; a&eth; f&aacute; a&eth; opna heimilin fyrir &thorn;essa erlendu gesti &iacute; sumar. Nokkrir af &thorn;essum tilvonandi gestgj&ouml;fum t&oacute;ku einnig &thorn;&aacute;tt &iacute; fyrra og voru &aacute;n&aelig;g&eth;ir me&eth; &thorn;essa reynslu. Gisting &iacute; heimah&uacute;sum var &thorn;&aacute; &iacute; bo&eth;i &iacute; fyrsta skipti &aacute; okkar sv&aelig;&eth;i og bjuggu nemendur hj&aacute; fj&ouml;lskyldum &yacute;mist &aacute; &Iacute;safir&eth;i, &iacute; Hn&iacute;fsdal e&eth;a &iacute; Bolungarv&iacute;k.  Lesa m&aacute; um reynslu nokkurra fj&ouml;lskyldna &iacute; &thorn;essari fr&eacute;tt: <a href="http://www.uwestfjords.is/frettir/Laerdomsrikt_og_skemmtilegt_ad_taka_erlendan_gest_inn_a_heimilid/" target="_blank">&bdquo;L&aelig;rd&oacute;msr&iacute;kt og skemmtilegt a&eth; taka erlendan gest inn &aacute; heimili&eth;"</a><br /><br />Enn er h&aelig;gt a&eth; b&aelig;ta vi&eth; nokkrum gestgj&ouml;fum og hvetjum vi&eth; &thorn;&aacute; sem hafa &aacute;huga &aacute; a&eth; taka &thorn;&aacute;tt &iacute; &thorn;essu verkefni me&eth; okkur til a&eth; hafa samband vi&eth; Pernillu Rein verkefnastj&oacute;ra, pernilla(hj&aacute;)uwestfjords.is.<br />]]>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 11:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Háskólagátt Bifrastar kynnt á Ísafirđi]]></title>
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      	<![CDATA[H&aacute;sk&oacute;lasetur Vestfjar&eth;a og Fr&aelig;&eth;slumi&eth;st&ouml;&eth; Vestfjar&eth;a munu mi&eth;vikudaginn 8. ma&iacute; standa fyrir kynningu &aacute; H&aacute;sk&oacute;lag&aacute;tt Bifrastar. Kynningin fer fram &iacute; h&uacute;sakynnum Fr&aelig;&eth;slumi&eth;st&ouml;&eth;varinnar &aacute; milli klukkan 12:00 - 15:00. Mar&iacute;a Einarsd&oacute;ttir mun koma fr&aacute; Bifr&ouml;st og kynna n&aacute;mslei&eth;ina og innt&ouml;kuskilyr&eth;in, en jafnframt svara &thorn;eim spurningum sem upp kunna a&eth; koma. <br /><br />N&aacute;m &iacute; H&aacute;sk&oacute;lag&aacute;tt er annarsvegar &aelig;tla&eth; &thorn;eim sem ekki fulln&aelig;gja innt&ouml;kuskilyr&eth;um h&aacute;sk&oacute;la um st&uacute;dentspr&oacute;f og hinsvegar nemendum sem vilja styrkja st&ouml;&eth;u s&iacute;na &aacute;&eth;ur en s&oacute;tt er um a&eth; komast &iacute; h&aacute;sk&oacute;la, til d&aelig;mis &thorn;eim sem hafa veri&eth; lengi fr&aacute; n&aacute;mi. Kjarnagreinar framhaldssk&oacute;lans, &iacute;slenska, st&aelig;r&eth;fr&aelig;&eth;i og enska eru fyrirfer&eth;armest &iacute; H&aacute;sk&oacute;lag&aacute;ttinni, en nemendur f&aacute; einnig &thorn;j&aacute;lfun &iacute; uppl&yacute;singat&aelig;kni, b&oacute;kf&aelig;rslu og d&ouml;nsku, auk &thorn;ess sem &thorn;eir lj&uacute;ka n&aacute;mskei&eth;um &iacute; l&ouml;gfr&aelig;&eth;i og heimspeki sem b&aelig;&eth;i eru mikilv&aelig;gur undirb&uacute;ningur fyrir h&aacute;sk&oacute;lan&aacute;m &iacute; &ouml;llum greinum f&eacute;lagsv&iacute;sinda. &Iacute; H&aacute;sk&oacute;lag&aacute;tt er bo&eth;i&eth; upp &aacute; sta&eth;n&aacute;m og fjarn&aacute;m.<br /><br />Mi&eth;a&eth; vi&eth; a&eth; nemendur s&eacute;u &iacute; fullu n&aacute;mi, tekur H&aacute;sk&oacute;lag&aacute;ttin eitt &aacute;r og skr&aacute;ningargj&ouml;ld fyrir &thorn;a&eth; &aacute;r er 89.000 kr.<br /><br />Fyrir &thorn;&aacute; sem vantar grunninn upp &iacute; H&aacute;sk&oacute;lag&aacute;ttina, b&yacute;&eth;ur Fr&aelig;&eth;slumi&eth;st&ouml;&eth;in upp &aacute; Menntasto&eth;ir sem er 660 kennslustunda n&aacute;msskr&aacute; fr&aacute; Fr&aelig;&eth;slumi&eth;st&ouml;&eth; atvinnul&iacute;fsins. Menntasto&eth;ir eru krefjandi n&aacute;m fyrir einstaklinga, 23 &aacute;ra og eldri og er tilvalin n&aacute;mslei&eth; fyrir &thorn;&aacute; sem vilja hefja n&aacute;m &aacute; n&yacute; og n&aacute; s&eacute;r &iacute; grunnf&ouml;gin &iacute; framhaldssk&oacute;la. Markmi&eth; Menntasto&eth;a er a&eth; stu&eth;la a&eth; j&aacute;kv&aelig;&eth;u vi&eth;horfi n&aacute;msmanna til &aacute;framhaldandi n&aacute;ms og au&eth;velda &thorn;eim a&eth; takast &aacute; vi&eth; n&yacute; verkefni. &Iacute; n&aacute;minu er l&ouml;g&eth; &aacute;hersla &aacute; a&eth; nemendur l&aelig;ri a&eth; l&aelig;ra, efli sj&aacute;lfstraust sitt og l&iacute;fsleikni. Gefst f&oacute;lki einnig kostur &aacute; a&eth; kynna s&eacute;r &thorn;ennan undanfara a&eth; H&aacute;sk&oacute;lag&aacute;tt Bifrastar.<br /><br />]]>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 11:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Marina Development in Ísafjörđur and Nature-based Tourism in Greenland]]></title>
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      	<![CDATA[</span><strong>At 17:00, Maik Br&ouml;tzmann</strong></strong><br /><em><strong>Arctic and Subarctic Gateways for Private Nautical Tourism: A Feasibility Study for a Marina Development in &Iacute;safj&ouml;r&eth;ur, Iceland</strong><br /></em><br /><strong>Abstract </strong><br />Private nautical tourism in arctic and subarctic settings has been generally neglected in polar tourism studies. This thesis draws attention towards private nautical tourism as a viable economic supplement and alternative form of tourism for rural coastal communities. Understanding this opportunity, its economic and management implications, and its users' characteristics are the core of this research. The study covers basic concepts and provides a feasibility assessment for marina development via SWOT analysis for a gateway functioning community in the secluded Westfjords of Iceland. Research data are compiled from secondary sources, interviews, questionnaires and a synthesis of related scientific articles, industry and policy documents, media publications, and baseline information. The case study confirms the conditional economic feasibility of private nautical tourism developments in high-latitude gateway locations and reveals users as adventure-seeking, authenticity-driven and environmentally-motivated. It is concluded that marina-oriented developments meeting certain conditions can be beneficial to remote rural arctic and subarctic communities in diverse ways. However, because of short and unpredictable seasons and changing user volumes, private sector marinas must be integrated with other business in the community to be profitable.</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Siglingaferđalangar á Ísafirđi og sjálfbćr ferđamennska á Grćnlandi]]></title>
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      	<![CDATA[<strong>Kl. 17:00, Maik Br&ouml;tzmann<br /><em>Arctic and Subarctic Gateways for Private Nautical Tourism: A Feasibility Study for a Marina Development in &Iacute;safj&ouml;r&eth;ur, Iceland</em><br /><br />&Uacute;rdr&aacute;ttur<br /></strong>Private nautical tourism in arctic and subarctic settings has been generally neglected in polar tourism studies. This thesis draws attention towards private nautical tourism as a viable economic supplement and alternative form of tourism for rural coastal communities. Understanding this opportunity, its economic and management implications, and its users' characteristics are the core of this research. The study covers basic concepts and provides a feasibility assessment for marina development via SWOT analysis for a gateway functioning community in the secluded Westfjords of Iceland. Research data are compiled from secondary sources, interviews, questionnaires and a synthesis of related scientific articles, industry and policy documents, media publications, and baseline information. The case study confirms the conditional economic feasibility of private nautical tourism developments in high-latitude gateway locations and reveals users as adventure-seeking, authenticity-driven and environmentally-motivated. It is concluded that marina-oriented developments meeting certain conditions can be beneficial to remote rural arctic and subarctic communities in diverse ways. However, because of short and unpredictable seasons and changing user volumes, private sector marinas must be integrated with other business in the community to be profitable.</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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